Recently, two serious crimes occurred in the United States: the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on August 22 and the killing of Trump’s right-wing activist Charlie Kirk on September 10. The Ukrainian…
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By Matija Šerić
Violent deaths, such as murders, represent the most dramatic events in the life of any family, but also in the broader community. When these killings occur for political, social, cultural, or other reasons, they can have far-reaching consequences for entire nations and states. History provides striking examples: the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln…
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In the second episode of the Actualitica Podcast, the guest is the esteemed Croatian diplomat, writer, translator, and professor Dr. Tomislav Sunić.
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By Bruno Rukavina
In a short analysis, the author takes a research-based look at the recently deceased Charlie Kirk and explains the importance of his work. After the recent tragic murder of Irina Zarutska, a young Ukrainian woman who came to the United States in search of a new life and what remained of what…
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By Bruno Rukavina
In the study of international relations, small states are often overlooked due to the discipline’s preoccupation with analyzing conflicts, international crises, and other ad hoc events of perpetual unpredictability. Therefore, this analysis is dedicated to small states, their definition, and the foreign policy and diplomatic strategies they employ to survive in anarchic…
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In the first episode of the Actualitica Podcast, the guest is Božo Kovačević, former Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to the Russian Federation between 2003 and 2008, and one of Croatia’s leading geopolitical experts. Current global political events are marked by ruthless wars, constant economic and other sanctions, as well as behind-the-scenes power plays.…
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By Matija Šerić
The capitalist system places the market and its principles at the center of its functioning, not people and their desires and needs for survival, recognition, emancipation, and respect. To put a non-living body (the market) ahead of the living (people) would be laughable if it weren’t true. Since the time of Ronald…
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By Matija Šerić
For thousands of years, people have sought the right economic system that would bring growth and development, but also a fair distribution of wealth and resources for living and production. There have been many forms, but today the capitalist system of free markets and private property prevails in most of the world.…
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By Matija Šerić
The greatest weakness of a Croatian entity lies in its borders. One might even say this is an insurmountable obstacle that is very difficult to overcome. While the concept of an entity itself is not a bad one, its weakest point is territorial delineation. The problem is the territorial dispersion of Croats,…
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By Matija Šerić
Few expressions have been as widely used in public discourse in the former Yugoslavia over the past few decades as the term “third entity.” It is used so often that one might think it actually exists. Although the expression itself could mean many things, in the context of Bosnia and Herzegovina it…
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By Matija Šerić
Number 5 – Senne Lammens
The transfer of goalkeeper Senne Lammens from Belgian side Royal Antwerp to Manchester United, worth €21 million, happened on the last day of the transfer window. Although United’s manager Ruben Amorim reassured the public that he was satisfied with the three goalkeepers at his disposal (André Onana,…
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By Matija Šerić
The tense, volatile and unpredictable football summer transfer window in most European leagues is finally over. Although the speculation about the moves of top players from one club to another is initially exciting, in the long run it turns into gossip that often has little to do with reality, and least of…
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By Matija Šerić
War is a violent act whose goal is to force the opponent to submit to our will – this is the famous definition of the Prussian military theorist and general Carl von Clausewitz from the 18th and 19th century. The definition is just as relevant today as it was at the time…
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